Face Z returns with Face V, the 21st edition celebrating two decades of adventurous music. The festival gathers experimental artists, hybrid forms and reworked popular practices, placing local, Swiss and international scenes on equal footing. Emerging talents share the bill with seminal figures around radical, inclusive and contemporary aesthetics. Expect immersive sound worlds, playful subversions of genre and communal dance moments that open ears and bodies to new rhythmic possibilities.

Souvenirs is a family-friendly music and movement piece by Claire and Anthony, performed with the Geneva Camerata. Through shadow theatre, dance and live video, two performers convey memories, traces and emotions without words. The staging combines delicate choreography, cinematic imagery and chamber music to create a tender, wonder-filled atmosphere that appeals to both children and adults. Rooted in visual illusion and human connection, the work premiered at the Festival d’Avignon and has since toured international festivals.

Solstice Psychomanteon is a documentary-performative staging by Jean-Daniel Schneider and Helena Patricio that opens a poetic portal to invisible worlds. Combining song, performance and film, it transforms archival traces — letters, objects, garments, songs and contracts — into a staged device mixing video, ritual and live singing. Directed by JD Schneider and produced by Maison Suspecte, the piece investigates possession, ghosts and identity projection, inviting a porous encounter between visible and invisible realms.

In French.

Created by Jean-Daniel Schneider and Helena Patricio, this documentary stage work opens a poetic portal to the invisible worlds that surround us. Blending song, performance, video and ritual, it transforms an archive of control and haunting—letters, objects, clothing, songs and a contract of submission—into a vivid stage installation. JD Schneider guides the evening with a sense of mystery, while the work traces the porous border between spiritism, memory and identity.

Portative 2 is a new short theatrical piece written by novelist Thomas Flahaut and directed by Jean‑Louis Johannides. This intimate 25–35 minute solo piece travels to unconventional local spaces, privileging concentrated storytelling and close audience encounters. The staging favours a pared‑back aesthetic and meticulous direction, centring on language, presence and the traces of ordinary memory. Produced by the company Loup.

In French.